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P! off our as possi- of New of our Fall for it as re of- ar- Prices ist the many re offering to y be assured Substantial G REL arly ather Goods n’t wait till and then want ck. buying today basing now u need it. lock is picked Save Money e a complete ancy lES prices. eCo. Remember: “The OLD MAIDS’ CLUB” meets tonight—School Auditorium VOLUME 1 THE PILOT NUMBER Devoted to the Upbuilding of Vass and Its Surrounding Country SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 VASS, N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 15,1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION The open session of the Moore County Sunday School Convention will be held in the Methodist Church, Carthage, on Thursday night, July 21st, at 8;00 o’clock. The convention will continue through Friday, July 22nd, there being three sessions on that day, morning, afternoon and night. The Sunday School leaders of the county count themselves very fortun ate in having secured Mr. D. W. Sims, general superintendent of the North Carolina Sunday School Association, as one of the speakers. Under Mr. Sims’ jdirection the association is do- iiig some progressive Sunday School work. Before taking up the work in North Carolina, Mr. Sims served for five years as general superintendent in Alabama, and for the past eight years he has been general superinten dent of the Georgia Sunday School Association. Mr. Sims not only knows the organized Sunday School work, but he has also had practical experience as Sunday School teacher and superintendent. He was superin tendent of a Sunday School in Rich mond which increased in membership from 951 to 2,072 in less than three years’ time. He is noted for the practicality of his addresses, delivered in such a humorous, interesting and instructive way. Mr. Sims’ first lec ture in Carthage will be on “The A LESSON TO HOORE COUNTY Bion H. Butler and George Ross have been down in Georgia looking over the peach situation there, and in talking to the Pilot on his return Mr. Butler says the trip was a great lesson in several lines. The first thing that impressed him was the big production of fruit. Last Satur day 325 cars were loaded. But this was not a big day; on three days of last week 1650 cars went out, the big day shipping a little over 600 • cars. “If you care to count this on the basis of a 10-hour day you will see that it is 60 cars an hour,” he said to the Pilot. “That is a car a minute of loaded fruit.” “I see no reason why the Sandhills cannot do as well,” Mr. Butler con tinued. “It looks to me as if our fruit is larger and better. I went to many orchards in all sections around Fort Valley, and while I saw vast quantities of fine fruit, I am certain Moore county makes a better quality. That was the most encouraging fea ture of my trip. I have no notion that we are at the top of our fruit indlustry in Moore. I look to see peaches- develop until we will be send ing out five or ten times as many cars as will go this year. I saw the conditions in Georgia, and they are better in Moore county. We have better soil and air conditions to make fruit and fight disease. After seeing the Georgia orchards I am confident that orchards in our section will greatly expand, and I think our stuff will bring better prices than Georgia fruit will for we get it to the markets on a shorter haul, and fruit is not im proved by a long haul. “Buyers in Georgia tell me they look on the North Carolina Sandhills as a coming big peach field and one that will have a reputation for good stuff.” “What do you think of Vass for peaches?” the Pilot asked. “No question but that the ridges around Vass are as good as any that are found in the county,” he said. “I look to see the orchard cover all the hills up the Vass way just as around Southern Pines and Pinehurst. All along the Seaboard and the Nor folk Southern in Moore county will be a continuous succession of peach orchards in half a dozen years.” Book from the Land of the Book,’ which is based on his observations while traveling in Palestine. While on this trip to Palestine Mr. Sims traveled in ten foreign countries, and during the past fall he took a trip through China, Korea and Japan. Miss Flora Davis, assistant superin tendent of the North Carolina Sunday School Association, will also be one of the speakers. Miss Davis knows the Sunday School work and her ad dresses on methods of work are said to be v^ry helpful and delivered in a very attractive manner. One in teresting address of the convention will be delivered by her on “Seen and Heard in Japan.” Miss Davis was one of the official delegates to the World’s Sunday School Convention held in Tokyo, Japan, last October. She also took an extensive tour into •China and Korea, as well as visiting many of the principal cities of Japan. Moore County Convention is among the first conventions Miss Davis has helped in since taking up the work in the state recently. She comes to North Carolina from Georgia where she has done similar work for the past nine years. The Sunday School leaders of the state feel that a very competent assistant has been secured in Miss Davis. The meeting at Carthage is arrang ed under the auspices of the North Carolina Sunday School Association, which is the only organization in the state which aims to help all depart ments of every Sunday School in the state. The association stands for those interests common to Sunday School workers of all denominations. It is a systematic effort of workers from the various denominations to create public sentiment for more and better denominational Sunday Schools. The leaders in thought in the various denominations help in this work. The local committee in charge of the arrangements for the Moore County Convention is: H. F. Sea- well, chairman; A. J McRae, and W. H. Currie, of Carthage. WEST END Mr. and Mrs. B. A. Cox have re turned to their home at Clayton, after a visit with home folks here and at Jackson Springs. Miss Kate McCaskill is spending a few weeks at her home near P'arm Life School. Mrs. A. M. Harsell is visiting Mrs. M. C. McDonald. Master Robert McDonald spent last week with M. C. McDonald, Jr. Miss Minnie Mims, of Darlington, S. C., is spending a while w;th her parents here. Miss Eva Oglesby, of Raleigh, is visiting friends and relatives here. We sympathize with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnston in the death of their infant. William Henry Marlette, Jr., is the proud owner of a pig that has gained more in the last two months than any other member’s pig in the club. Mr. John Thomas, of Henderson, was here the Fourth of July shaking hands with old friends. Mr. W. H. Marlette and family went to Saxaphaw Sunday to attend a reunion of Mrs. Marlette’s family. Mrs. Carrie and grandchildren, Maxine and Cline Lewis returned, home Sunday from a visit to relatives at Rockingham. Miss Mary Mims has gone to Ral eigh to make her home with her aunt, Mrs. Pendergrass. Miss Ellen Gordon, of Candor, spent a while here last week with her brother, Mr. O. H. Gordon. Mrs. George Poole and children have returned to their home in South Carolina after visiting old friends here. Some young people of Charlotte are camping near Mr. W. P. Cotih ran’s. Mrs. H. G. Gault ^nd children are spending quite a while with her father, Mr. W. P. Cochran. West End still stays in the lead playing baseball; although they have lost three games, they have not be come discouraged. Mr. Claud Auman put in his first barn of tobacco Monday. On Tuesday of last week the Pres byterian Sunday School went to Thaggard’s pond to spend their 4th. All arrived at the pond about eleven o’clock and then the fun began; from then until 1:30 o’clock almost every one enjoyed swimming, fishing and boat riding. About 1:30 nearly one hundred people gathered around a well filled table and enjoyed a big dinner. The afternoon was spent the same as the forenoon. About 5:30 every one except a few who remained over late to fish, returned to their homes wishing that a day like that came oftener than once a year. There was a box party at the schoo; house last Friday night. The pro ceeds went to the Epworth League. ROAD WORK IN PROSPECT Tidings from Raleigh indicate that the state road from Raleigh, through Vass and on to Southern Pines and the south, is tp be taken up in earnest pretty soon, and put in shape that it will be a real road. One of the biggest jobs in this immediate neigh- jorhood is to be on the Lakeview side of the river. It is estimated ;hat the surface there will be raised ligh enough so the river will not flood the whole road every time a leavy dew settles in the valley, or whenever McQueen turns any water :Tom the dants. The chance is good for a fine road between the river and lakeview, and those who say they mow what is in prospect predict that when the road is fixed as it is to be the river flat will be one of the most inviting spots along the whole ine. It is also said that Frank Page has intimated that he will begin to im prove the road by practically plowing up the whole line and starting it over new with some bit of work that will make it look like a real road. Al ready in many places the condition of the road is much better than it has been, but the work done so far has been to get the highway in shape so that the state would be willing to accept it as fit for state upkeep and operation. That has been done and now the state will make a road of it. MISTAKES IN PRINT Let a man make a mistake in his conversation, or even in a letter he may have addressed to you, and you pay little attention to it. But let the same mistake appear in a newspaper and it sticks out like a sore thumb— it seems to stand right out above everything else in the paper. We’ll venture to say there are not a half- dozen Vass citizens who have the least idea of the vast nun^r of metal pieces contained in ,a->STngle column of a newspaper, ^it^liere are thous ands of pieces each column, and the displacement of a single one of these usually means an error. When this is considered you get a pretty good idea of how eaey it is to make a mistake in print. And yet, consider ing that there are more chances for making a mistake on a single page of a newspaper than there is in writ ing a hundred letters, the newspaper possibly contains fewer errors than any other form of written or printed communication. It might be a good idea, if you are among those who can't understand why an occasional mistake creeps into the paper, to drop around to a newspaper office some time and have this explained for yoUr benefit. Possibly if they’d name some of the airships “Rent” they’d go up a good deal faster. Uncle Sam has again started coin ing silver dollars, showing that any kind of a dollar looks good now.
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